Accurate Receipts
Document 1791Porter will receive from Capt. Miles six months pay for himself and the company under his command. Howell stresses the importance of being as accurate as possible in obtaining receipts from his men and transmitting them with all convenient dispatch.
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[7 Decm 1791
To Lt Mons Porter
Georgia]
Pay Office 7 Decm 1791
Sir
I received your Letter of the 4th of Novem last enclosing a receipt for 17.84/100 Dollars [undecipherable: probable reading dated] the 15 May last.
You will receive of Captain Miles the months Pay of yourself & Company under your Command.
I want you to be as accurate as possible in obtaining Receipts of your men & to transmit them with all convenient despatch that the Company accounts may be entered in the Books of this Office.
Lieut Mons Porter
Georgia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Porter will receive from Capt. Miles six months pay for himself and the company under his command. Howell stresses the importance of being as accurate as possible in obtaining receipts from his men and transmitting them with all convenient dispatch.
Date
12/07/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office
Repository
Document number
1791120721001
Page start
1
Note
Author is assumed to be Joseph Howell, Accountant of the War Dept.
Notable persons
Lieutenant Moses Porter
Joseph Howell
Captain Miles
command
Notable locations
Pay Office
Georgia
Notable items
pay
command
receipts
books